page_title: 2015
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 / Deaths / January
caption_attribution_description: Български: Бившият български президент Желю Желев English: Bulgarian ex-president Zhelyu Zhelev
context_page_description: 2015 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2015th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 15th year of the 3rd millennium, the 15th year of the 21st century, and the 6th year of the 2010s decade.
  2015 was designated as:
  International Year of Light
  International Year of Soil
context_section_description: January 1
  Ulrich Beck, German sociologist (b. 1944)
  Mario Cuomo, American politician (b. 1932)
  Donna Douglas, American actress (b. 1932)
  Omar Karami, 29th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1934)
  Boris Morukov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1950)
  January 2 – Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer and songwriter (b. 1920)
  January 3 – Edward Brooke, American politician (b. 1919)
  January 4
  Pino Daniele, Italian singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1955)
  Stuart Scott, American sports journalist (b. 1965)
  January 5 – Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French race car driver (b. 1937)
  January 6 – Vlastimil Bubník, Czech ice hockey player and footballer (b. 1931)
  January 7
  Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer and film director (b. 1926)
  Rod Taylor, Australian actor (b. 1930)
  January 8 – Andraé Crouch, American singer, songwriter, and pastor (b. 1942)
  January 9 – Józef Oleksy, Polish politician, 49th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1946)
  January 10
  Taylor Negron, American actor, comedian, painter, and playwright (b. 1957)
  Francesco Rosi, Italian film director (b. 1922)
  January 10 – Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (b. 1994)
  January 11
  Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
  Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress (b. 1931)
  January 12 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian opera singer (b. 1939)
  January 16 – Yao Beina, Chinese singer (b. 1981)
  January 17 – Faten Hamama, Egyptian actress (b. 1931)
  January 20
  Edgar Froese, German musician (b. 1944)
  Hitoshi Saito, Japanese judoka (b. 1961)
  January 21 – Leon Brittan, British politician (b. 1939)
  January 23
  King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (b. 1924)
  Ernie Banks, American baseball player (b. 1931)
  January 24 – Otto Carius, German WWII tank commander (b. 1922)
  January 25 – Demis Roussos, Greek singer (b. 1946)
  January 27 – Charles Hard Townes, American Nobel physicist (b. 1915)
  January 28 – Yves Chauvin, French Nobel chemist (b. 1930)
  January 29 – Colleen McCullough, Australian writer (b. 1937)
  January 30
  Carl Djerassi, American chemist (b. 1923)
  Geraldine McEwan, British actress (b. 1932)
  Zhelyu Zhelev, 1st President of Bulgaria (b. 1935)
  January 31
  Lizabeth Scott, American actress (b. 1922)
  Richard von Weizsäcker, German politician, 10th President of Germany (b. 1920)
caption: Zhelyu Zhelev
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